ṣ

Translingual

Symbol

ṣ

1. (NAPA) a voiceless retroflex sibilant fricative (IPA ).

   Synonym: ṣ̌

Letter

ṣ

1. (IAST, international standards) transliterates Sanskrit ष (or equivalent).
2. Romanization of the Hebrew ץ \ צ (“tzadi”, “tsadi”, “ẕadi”, “ṣāḏē”) in the ISO 259 transliteration scheme

   (Romanization of ץ \ צ, “tzadi”, “tsadi”, “ẕadi”, “ṣāḏē”): tz (Common Israeli transliteration scheme), ts (Hebrew Academy 2006 transliteration scheme), ẕ (Hebrew Academy 1953 transliteration scheme)

Kabyle

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /sˤ/

Letter

ṣ (upper case Ṣ)

1. A letter of the Kabyle alphabet, written in the Latin script.

O'odham

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʂ/

Letter

ṣ (upper case Ṣ)

1. The letter of the O'odham alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Tuareg

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /sˤ/

Letter

ṣ (upper case Ṣ)

1. A letter of the Tuareg alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʃ/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʃí/

Letter

ṣ (lower case, upper case Ṣ)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called ṣí and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y

• As used in Benin: (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y